Tillman Hodgson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
* I built 4 kernels: 3 customized and GENERIC (see above for why)
Note that kernels are forced into serial compilation anyway,
so the -j flag has no effect on them. This test probably
spent a lot more time building kernels than the world, so it
doesn't
On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:59:22PM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
Tillman Hodgson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
* I built 4 kernels: 3 customized and GENERIC (see above for why)
Note that kernels are forced into serial compilation anyway,
so the -j flag has no effect on them. This test probably
Howdy,
Occasionally the question pops up on the questions@ list about what the
fastest -jX number is for a single CPU system. I had some spare time so
I tried out a small matrix of possibilities.
My conclusion is that using -jX at all is mostly a waste of time on
single CPU systems running
